All Posts Tagged With: "Africa"
Africa in Chaos by George B. N. Ayittey
St. Martin’s Press • 1998 • 399 pages • $35.00 Mwangi Kimenyi is associate professor of economics at the University of Connecticut. George Ayittey is one of a few African scholars committed to advancing the ideals of classical liberalism. This is clearly demonstrated in his previous books, Indigenous African Institutions and Africa Betrayed. In Africa [...]
1Apr1999 | Mwangi S. Kimenyi | 1 comment | ContinuedNot Out of Africa by Mary Lefkowitz and Out of America by Keith B. Richburg
Not Out of Africa by Mary Lefkowitz Basic Books • 1996 • xvii + 222 pages • $24.00 Out of America by Keith B. Richburg Basic Books • 1997 • xiv + 257 pages • $24.00 Laurence Vance is an instructor at Pensacola Bible Institute and a freelance writer living in Pensacola, Florida. Has everything [...]
1Mar1998 | Laurence M. Vance | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Road to Hell by Michael Maren
The Free Press • 1997 • 302 pages • $25.00 Mr. Vance is an instructor at Pensacola Bible Institute and a freelance writer living in Pensacola, Florida. The old cliché says: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. That is, the best of intentions often result in the worst of consequences. Yet, although [...]
1Jun1997 | Laurence M. Vance | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Role of Government: Promoting Development or Getting Out of the Way
Mr. Bandow, a monthly columnist for The Freeman, is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and the author and editor of several books, including Perpetuating Poverty: The World Bank, the IMF, and the Developing World. Of all the tasks assumed by government, none is more inappropriate than that of promoting economic development. It is [...]
1Mar1997 | Doug Bandow | 2 comments | ContinuedForeign Aid and International Crises
Mr. Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and a nationally syndicated columnist. He is the author of several books, most recently, Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World. Few programs have consumed as many resources with as few positive results as foreign aid. Since World War II the United [...]
1Dec1996 | Doug Bandow | 2 comments | Continued-
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